LEE RODGERSOBAMA'S HOOF-IN-MOUTH DISEASE ...
... AND HIS SOCIALIST "NEW PARTY" HISTORY ...
GAME OVER, SO WHY HAVE CONVENTIONS?
... AND HIS SOCIALIST "NEW PARTY" HISTORY ...
GAME OVER, SO WHY HAVE CONVENTIONS?
It's one of those times when, more than usual, politics descends into farce. After spending most of the week horse-whipping his surrogates into reversing (i.e., "walking back") previous statements about his bungling of the economy, the Big Zero had to do a 180-degree turn on his own stupid remarks about the private sector "being fine."
Are we sure this whole administration isn't a comedy sketch written by Milton Berle? -- or Chris Rock?
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Among the many things Obama didn't address at yesterday's bogus "press conference" was his blocking of the pipeline project, which would have created tens of thousands of PRIVATE payroll jobs. Of course, he DID find time to do a full-lips suck-up to the teachers' and other government-employee unions.
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Ed Rogers' review of Obama's performance yesterday in -- OMG! -- the liberal WASHINGTON POST! --
"If you are president of the United States and you don’t have anything to say, don’t have a press conference to say it. If you’re the president of the United States and by Thursday it’s widely believed you’ve had one of the worst weeks of your presidency, take Friday off, and specifically avoid having a press conference.
"Anytime you are president and you’re speaking in public at an ill-timed press conference after a bad week, try to have something to say, and do a good job in saying it. I watched the whole thing, but it’s not easy to think of one useful thing that he had to say. And what he said, he said very poorly."
When even the habitually-supine Post publishes such an article about their White House darling, you KNOW his future is likely taking a bad turn.
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The Washington Times editorializes on possible reasons for Bill Clinton's undercutting of Obama ...
"Mr. Clinton always wanted to go down in history as one of the great presidents. He rarely makes the list of the top 10, and he has been thoroughly eclipsed by Mr. Obama, whose ethnicity made his election historic from Day One. The current president achieved the health care reform Mr. Clinton could not and ordered the killing of Osama bin Laden when Mr. Clinton would not. Most galling of all is Mr. Obama being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, the recognition Mr. Clinton most sought in his presidency but which eluded him. He then had to witness his former vice president Al Gore be given the prize for his crazy ranting about global warming.
"Helping make Mr. Obama a one-termer will harm Barack’s standing in history, perhaps dropping him below Mr. Clinton on the list of presidential greats. That’s right where Willy wants him."
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Why is anyone surprised to learn that only a few years before running for president, Obama was a member of an ultra-left-wing -- i.e., socialist -- third (or tenth) party called "The New Party?"
It's true ... the record is clear ... but, of course, he lied about it and the Big Media whores covered up for him.
That "New Party" was a spin-off from the racist, fraudulent ACORN operation, which still gets taxpayer money thru the Obama funnel.
Only those willfully blind to obvious reality wouldn't have realized long ago where his deepest political inclinations lie. Of course, there are those who DID know -- and love it.
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It is one of the tragedies endemic in human nature that the stupid don't realize they ARE stupid (see above).
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Analysis of the Wisconsin vote Tuesday shows that -- surprise! -- Gov. Walker won the youth vote. Another bad omen for Obamunism. When even young people with a newly-minted college diploma only have about a 50% chance of finding a job above burger-flipping, even some of the most naive figure out that they've been conned.
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Democrats now whine about "out of state" money used in the Wisconsin campaign -- as if lefties and unions coast-to-coast weren't pouring in the bucks; in the case of union money, extorted from workers elsewhere.
Did you see video of that poor, dumb SOB whining on election night about "the death of democracy?" People that mentally-handicapped need to be in a nice, benign institution so they can't injure themselves.
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Under questioning by House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, senior U.S. Labor Department officials revealed that the Obama administration counts oil lobbyists, bus drivers, garbage men, bicycle shop employees and used-record store clerks as “green jobs.” -- Daily Caller --
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Insight from columnist Burt Prelutsky ...
"I don’t like to question anyone’s sanity, just how nuts do you have to be to want to raise taxes in the midst of an economy that is already on life support? I suppose when you owe your academic career and just about everything else to affirmative action, it’s not too surprising that Obama seems blissfully unaware of the fact that his idol, FDR, prolonged the Great Depression by twice raising taxes in the 1930s. Getting the country back to work wasn’t nearly as important to Roosevelt as punishing Republican capitalists. Sound familiar?"
...and Burt adds this ...
"Re-electing Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again."
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Since the original purpose of political conventions was to select presidential nominees ... and since we already know the winners ... isn't the whole concept obsolete? Much noise, big expenses ... for what?
Of course, on the positive side, they do give employment to squadrons of hookers.
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Add this to your political dictionary ...
"Affordable"-anything: The government will make somebody else (taxpayers) pay for it.
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With Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another scratched from the Belmont and thus missing a chance at the Triple Crown of horse racing, I probably won't even watch it. Neither will millions of others. But far better a noble horse not have his life risked in another race. Now he can graze on a nice farm and enjoy the company of shapely mares.
Know who's already gotten burned? Ticket scalpers. After I'll Have Another won the first two of the Triple Crown races, they stocked up on admission tickets at Belmont Park and were re-selling them for many times over the face value. As soon as the horse was scratched, the bottom fell out of demand and now they're taking a loss on them -- if they can sell them at all.
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If two people have significantly different views on saving/spending or politics, a marriage MAY work -- but the odds are against it. Incompatible views of either ranks right up there with sex as a reason for marital friction. And there's no such thing as "great make-up ... political discussion."
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It's an enduring monument to the failure of America's "education" system. The ignorance about the plural word "media" is so all-encompassing, people employed in that industry use it as a singular as if to advertise their ignorance. You hear or read it all the time; "The media IS doing this-or-that ..."
I admit that it grates on my ear as much as some illiterate clod saying, "Me and my wife IS going to do this-or-that ..."
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A three-truck crash on Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, N.M., in May destroyed one truck and sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries. One tractor-trailer carrying a load of charcoal and charcoal lighter fluid crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying frozen meat. The lighter fluid facilitated a huge fireball/barbecue.
-- Albuquerque Journal --
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From haiku master Len, observations re the occasional "bleep" on radio, TV and in this screed ...
Bleep you liberals.
Bleep all you bleepin' leftists.
You don't know Jack bleep.
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Ineptitude in crime ...
A suspected thief was taken to the police station in Panama City, Florida. While awaiting questioning in the interrogation room, he got caught stealing the clock on the wall and trying to stash it in his backpack.
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Argus Hamilton --
"NASA astronomers report that the Earth will be destroyed in four billion years when the Milky Way collides with the Andromeda Galaxy. The Hubble Telescopes can see the crash coming. The Mayans just issued a new calendar with twelve more zeros on it."
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Jay Leno --
"There were some tense moments during President Obama's visit to Los Angeles. Three private planes drifted into his restricted air space. And as you know, the president's restricted air space can be penetrated only by people donating more than $35,000."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."